Genetic Disorders Sourcebook
Subtitle: Basic Consumer Health Information About Hereditary Diseases and Disorders, Including Cystic Fibrosis, Down Syndrome, Hemophilia, ... Disease (Health Reference Series)
Edition: 2nd edition
Publisher: Omnigraphics
Published: October 2000
Place of publication: Detroit, Mich.
Language: eng
Format: Library Binding
Number of pages: 768
ISBN-13: 9780780802414
Subjects: Gastroenterology; Health & Fitness; Medical / Nursing; Medical; Diseases; General; Reference; Diseases - General; Human chromosome abnormalities; Popular works
Table of contents: title: Nature of genes, genetic disorders, and genetic screening. Understanding genes and genetic disorders -- Human Genome Project and gene therapy -- An overview of genetic screening and diagnostic tests in health care -- Ethics of gene testing and genetic counseling -- Disorders involving chromosome errors. Overview of chromosome errors -- Understanding Down Syndrome -- Health care guidelines for individuals with Down syndrome -- Relevant conditions and psychosocial issues of Down syndrome -- Education and Down syndrome -- Fragile X syndrome -- Klinefelter syndrome -- Turner's syndrome -- Facts about Angelman syndrome -- Prader-Willi syndrome -- Blood clotting disorders. Overview of bleeding disorders -- Hereditary plasma clotting factor disorders and their management -- What you should know about hemophilia -- Complications of hemophilia -- Psychological care of children with hemophilia at home and in school -- Perspectives of hemophilia carriers -- Gene therapy for hemophilia -- Von Willebrand's disease -- Viral hepatitis and bleeding disorders -- Women with bleeding disorders -- Disorders of blood cells. Hereditary anemias -- What is sickle cell anemia? -- Research and treatment of sickle cell anemia -- Handling a sickle cell crisis -- What is thalassemia? -- Hemochromatosis -- Inborn errors of metabolism. Overview of inborn errors of metabolism -- Phenylketonuria -- Off-diet young adults with PKU : lives in danger -- Diet intervention guidelines for adults with untreated PKU -- Biotinidase deficiency -- What Is galactosemia? -- Highlights of maple syrup urine disease, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, tyrosinemia, and glutaric academia -- Mitochondrial disorders -- Albinism -- Lysosomal storage diseases. Gaucher's disease -- Tay-Sachs and late-onset Tay-Sachs diseases -- Niemann-Pick disease -- Sandhoff disease -- Krabbe disease -- Fabry disease -- Batten disease -- Canavan disease -- Other noteworthy disorders.  Achondroplasia (dwarfism) -- Celiac disease -- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disorder -- Color blindness -- Cystic fibrosis -- Duchenne's muscular dystrophy -- Hereditary hearing loss and deafness -- Huntington's disease -- Marfan syndrome -- Neurofibromatoses -- Tuberous sclerosis -- Von Hippel-Lindau disease -- Additional help and information. Glossary of genetic terminology -- Coping with your child's chronic illness -- Resources for additional help and information.